The Prince William Sound and Kenai Peninsula region includes a significant part of one of the world's largest accretionary complexes and a small part of the classic magmatic arc...

nawqa_phys is a polygon coverage of the physiographic divisions within the Cook Inlet Basin, National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) study unit. The coverage was created from...

nawqa_ecoreg is a polygon coverage of the ecoregions contained in the Cook Inlet National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) study unit. This coverage was developed by clipping a...

The ultimate goal of this project is to quantify the linkages between the dynamic sedimentary system and marine benthos of Kachemak Bay at a variety of temporal and spatial...

Stream gauge and flow data for Kenai River Gauging Stations. Data available for download vary by sensor and may include: gauge height, discharge, water temperature, air...

Since January 1998, about 2000 birds of 30 different species have been reported in Alaska with grossly deformed beaks. Most sightings have been concentrated in south-central...

National Land Cover Database 2001 (NLCD2001) is a 16-class (additional four classes in Alaska only) land cover classification scheme that has been applied consistently across...

Alaska is widely recognized as a global center for shorebirds. Ninety percent of the migratory species in the Western Hemisphere have breeding populations in Alaska. The North...

The thousands of kilometers of Northeast Pacific coast contained within National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges in Alaska represent some of the most remote, pristine...

In 2009, three USGS Science Centers as well as the Minerals Management Service (MMS), National Park Service (NPS), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Exxon Valdez Oil Spill...

Collect data from lentic wetlands used as amphibian breeding habitat to determine if nearby roads cause poor water quality or thermal disturbance that facilitates amphibian...

Rates of freshwater discharge from watersheds in the Gulf of Alaska are among the highest on Earth (1-10 m/yr w.e). This densely glacierized region of Alaska is undergoing rapid...

USGS measures mass change, climate and streamflow at two Alaskan Glaciers - Gulkana Glacier in the continental climate of the Alaska Range and Wolverine Glacier in the maritime...

General watersheds derived from IFSAR for Fish, Judy and Ublutuoch watersheds.

These are proposed flight lines for North Slope coastal lidar collection.